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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016 CON California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) - Intra-Connect ProjectNOTE TO FILE 07-16-2019 IN THE MATTER OF: The 2016 California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) Intra-connect project (Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All) Grant Agreement. Please note the following: NO FULLY EXECUTED ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: NTF CDC Housing & Economic Development City Attorney _ Human Resources City Manager MIS Community Svcs. Planning X Eng/PW Police Finance Fire CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT Cra0\G • G MEETING DATE: November 1, 2016 AGENDA ITEM NO. 14 TEM TITLE: Resolution of the City Council of the City of National City, 1) authorizing the filing of an application for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program funds through the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for National City's INTRA-Connect project (Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All) in the amount of $230,000; 2) committing to a local match of $70,000; and 3) authorizing the City Manager to execute the grant agreement with Caltrans, if selected for grant award. PREPARED BY: Stephen Manganiello PHONE: 336-4382 EXPLANATION: See attached. DEPARTMENT: Engineering/Public Works APPROVED BY: FINANCIAL STATEMENT: ACCOUNT NO. APPROVED: APPROVED: If grant funds are awarded, staff will return to City Council to appropriate funds. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: ORDINANCE: INTRODUCTION: FINAL ADOPTION: Finance MIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the Resolution authorizing the filing of an application for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program funds through Caltrans for National City's INTRA-Connect project in the amount of $230,000. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: N/A ATTACHMENTS: 1. Explanation 2. Resolution EXPLANATION The Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program was created to support the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans') Mission to, "Provide a safe, sustainable, integrated and efficient transportation system to enhance California's economy and livability." The program focuses on supporting projects that demonstrate the ability to achieve the following transportation planning goals: 1. Improve Multimodal Mobility and Accessibility for All People: Expand the system and enhance modal choices and connectivity to meet the State's future transportation demands. 2. Preserve the Multimodal Transportation System: Maintain, manage, and efficiently utilize California's existing transportation system. 3. Support a Vibrant Economy: Maintain, manage, and enhance the movement of goods and people to spur the economic development and growth, job creation, and trade. 4. Improve Public Safety and Security: Ensure the safety and security of people, goods, services, and information in all modes of transportation. 5. Foster Livable and Healthy Communities and Promote Social Equity: Find transportation solutions that balance and integrate community values with transportation safety and performance, and encourage public involvement in transportation decisions. 6. Practice Environmental Stewardship: Plan and provide transportation services while protecting our environment, wildlife, historical, and cultural assets. Staff seeks City Council authorization to file an application for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program funds through Caltrans for National City's INTRA-Connect project (Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All) in the amount of $230,000. The INTRA-Connect project expands upon National City's SMART Foundation Plan (Safe Multi -modal Accessible Routes To...transit, schools, parks, shops, services and recreation), which identified infrastructure enhancements to encourage multi -modal transportation in National City, by taking a comprehensive and integrated look at Smart Growth Planning, Smart Mobility and Smart Parking elements. This strategic approach will further support infill development as well as localize self-supporting neighborhoods that keep vehicular miles traveled (VMT) down, thereby reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and VMT, simultaneously. A central focus of this project will be the concept of 10-minute "walk neighborhoods," 10-minute "drive communities" and 10-minutes to "transit connections." The 10-minute concept will encourage more compact development, enhance transit use, increase multi -modal transportation, reduce the distance and time people need to travel, and subsequently, reduce GHG emissions. The project will maximize developable infill opportunities while taking a comprehensive approach to reviewing the City's street classification standards, including an analysis of the current community corridor network, creating additional definitions of sub -categories of street typology for all community corridors, and standardizing transportation amenities and street guidelines. The final plan will produce a framework of active transportation strategies, overview of street classifications and design standards, refinement of community corridors, development of priority projects including conceptual designs and preliminary cost estimates, identification of infill investment areas, and potential changes in land use and intensity. Staff has partnered with Circulate San Diego and KTU+A, through existing on -call contracts, to prepare the application and assist staff with project implementation if grant funds are awarded. The grant does require a local match. Staff recommends committing to a $70,000 local match, which will result in a $300,000 project. The local match amount of $70,000 has already been appropriated through the General Fund and has been programmed for use with these two consultant firms to assist with active transportation planning. Therefore, we would simply be leveraging these efforts towards the grant. Staff also recommends authorizing the City Manager to execute the grant agreement with Caltrans, if selected for grant award, to expedite Caltrans' ability to issue a Notice to Proceed. If grant funds are awarded, staff will return to City Council to request appropriation of the grant funds and provide a timeline for the project, including community outreach efforts. RESOLUTION NO. 2016 — RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("CALTRANS") FOR NATIONAL CITY'S INTRA-CONNECT PROJECT ("INTEGRATING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES FOR ALL") IN THE AMOUNT OF $230,000, COMMITTING TO A LOCAL MATCH OF $70,000, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS, IF SELECTED FOR GRANT AWARD WHEREAS, the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program was created to support the California Department of Transportation's Mission to "provide a safe, sustainable, integrated, and efficient transportation system to enhance California's economy and livability" that focuses on supporting projects that demonstrate the ability to achieve the following transportation planning goals: 1. Improve Multimodal Mobility and Accessibility for All People; 2. Preserve the Multimodal Transportation System; 3. Support a Vibrant Economy; 4. Improve Public Safety and Security; 5. Foster Livable and Healthy Communities and Promote Social Equity; 6. Practice Environmental Stewardship; and WHEREAS, the City has the opportunity to apply for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program funds in the amount of $230,000 through Caltrans for National City's INTRA-Connect Project ("Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All"), with a recommended local match of $70,000, which will result in a $300,000 project; and WHEREAS, the central focus of this Project will be the concept of 10-minute "walk neighborhoods", 10-minute "drive communities", and 10-minutes to "transit connections" to encourage more compact development, enhance transit use, increase multi -modal transportation, reduce the distance and time people need to travel, and subsequently, reduce GHG emissions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes the filing of an application for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program funds in the amount of $230,000 through the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans") for National City's Intra-Connect Project ("Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All"), including a commitment of a local match in the amount of $70,000. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute said Grant Agreement with Caltrans, if selected for grant award, to expedite Caltrans' ability to issue a Notice to Proceed. [Signature Page to Follow] Resolution No. 2016 — Page Two PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of November, 2016. Ron Morrison, Mayor ATTEST: Michael R. Dalla, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. Eiser, Ill Interim City Attorney RESOLUTION NO. 2016 — 176 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("CALTRANS") FOR NATIONAL CITY'S INTRA-CONNECT PROJECT ("INTEGRATING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES FOR ALL") IN THE AMOUNT OF $230,000, COMMITTING TO A LOCAL MATCH OF $70,000, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS, IF SELECTED FOR GRANT AWARD WHEREAS, the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program was created to support the California Department of Transportation's Mission to "provide a safe, sustainable, integrated, and efficient transportation system to enhance California's economy and livability" that focuses on supporting projects that demonstrate the ability to achieve the following transportation planning goals: 1. Improve Multimodal Mobility and Accessibility for All People; 2. Preserve the Multimodal Transportation System; 3. Support a Vibrant Economy; 4. Improve Public Safety and Security; 5. Foster Livable and Healthy Communities and Promote Social Equity; 6. Practice Environmental Stewardship; and WHEREAS, the City has the opportunity to apply for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program funds in the amount of $230,000 through Caltrans for National City's INTRA-Connect Project ("Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All"), with a recommended local match of $70,000, which will result in a $300,000 project; and WHEREAS, the central focus of this Project will be the concept of 10-minute "walk neighborhoods", 10-minute "drive communities", and 10-minutes to "transit connections" to encourage more compact development, enhance transit use, increase multi -modal transportation, reduce the distance and time people need to travel, and subsequently, reduce GHG emissions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes the filing of an application for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program funds in the amount of $230,000 through the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans") for National City's Intra-Connect Project ("Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All"), including a commitment of a local match in the amount of $70,000. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute said Grant Agreement with Caltrans, if selected for grant award, to expedite Caltrans' ability to issue a Notice to Proceed. [Signature Page to Follow] Resolution No. 2016 — 176 Page Two PASSED and ADOPTED this 15' day of November rrison, Mayor ATTEST: /1 Michael R. Dalla, C. Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. riser, Ill Interim City Attorney Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on November 1, 2016 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Mendivil, Morrison, Rios, Sotelo-Solis. Nays: None. Absent: None. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON Mayor of the City of National City, California .r J �� C erk of the City of ational Cit y, California By: Deputy I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of RESOLUTION NO. 2016-176 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on November 1, 2016. City Clerk of the City of National City, California By: Deputy